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(No ModeL) E. B. CHANDLER.

GATE.

No. 583,978. Patented June 8, 1897.

Unire Srnfrns .EVERET'P Il. CHANDLER, OF COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO BENJAMIN E. TODD, 'OF SAME PLAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 583,978, dated June 8, 1897.

Application filed March 24, 189? Serial No. 629,053. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern,.-

le it known that I, Evnnn'rr B. CHANDLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbia, in the county of Boone and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Gate, of which the follow/in g is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in gates.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of swinging gates and to provide simple, inexpensive, and efficient means for enabling a gate to be opened and closed at a distance from each side of it, so that it may be operated Without dismounting or leaving a vehicle.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of a gate constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional vieW of the saine. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal sectional view. Fig. a is a detail view showing the keeper of the latch-post- Lilie numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the draW- ings.

l designates a swinging gate hinged to a post or support 2 in any suitable manner and adapted, in opening and closing, to swing in either direction in order to open the Way for a person or vehicle approaching the gate from either side.

The gate is operated by a horizontal shaft 3, centrally journaled on the post or support 2. and Vextending from opposite sides of the same a snihcient distance to enable it to be operated from a vehicle or horseback with the horse coming in. Contact With the gate. The ends of the shaft are provided with handles 4, and it is connected with the gate at points at opposite sides ot the post or support 2 by means of chains 5 or other suitable fiexible connections, reversely wound upon the shaft, connected to the sanne, and having their outer ends secured to the gate at opposite sides thereo1 by means of a strap 6. V

lVhen the shaft is rotated, one of the chains is Wound around the shaft and the other chain is u nwound therefrom, whereby when the shaft is rotated the gate `will be swung in one direction or the other according to the direction of rotation of the shaft. The strap 6, which is centrally secured to the rear end bar of the gate, extends from opposite sides thereof and is provided with a central longitudinal slot through Which pass the fastening devices for securing the strap of the end bar. The strap G is flexible, being preferably constructed of leather, or it may be nia-de of any other suitable material.

The gate is provided with a sliding latchbar 8, which is normallyT maintained extended in position for engaging a keeper 9 of a latchport 10 by a spring ll, secured to the gate and to a bar l2. The bar 12, which is arranged in a suitable guide orlreeper, extends above the gate and serves as a handle for manipulating the latch.

The latch is automatically operated, when the shaft is rotated, by means of a cani 13, mounted on the shaft, and a sliding yoke le, encircling theA cain and connected with the latch by a chain 15, which extends from the front portion of the yoke to the bar l2 and AWhich passes through an opening of the rear end barof the gate. The cani is substantially segmental and the yoke which encircles the cam is substantially seniicircular, being provided With a straight vertical rear side and a curved front portion, and it is provided with a horizontal rod or stein 17, Which is guided on the support or post 2.

The post or support 2, which inay be constructed in any suitable manner, is provided with a vertical opening or space to receive the cam and the yoke, which are also dis posed vertically.

It will be seen that the gate is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, that it is positive and reliable in operation, and that it is adapted to be readily operated a distance from either side of it Without dislnounting a horse or leaving a vehicle. It will also be apparent that the gate in opening swings away from the operator and cann not come in contact with a horse or team.

Changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details oi construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacri.-y

ficing any of the advantages of this invention, such as the construction of the gate and the manner of mounting the same.

What I claim isl. The combination of a swinging gate, a horizontal shaft extending from opposite sides of thegate, the flexible connections vrei versely Wound around vthe shaft and v con! nected with the gate at opposite sides thereof, a vertically-disposed cam mounted on they, shaft and located in rear of the gate, a vertical yoke encircling the cam and arranged to be engaged by the same, whereby it is moved, rearward, and alatch mounted on the gate and connected with the yoke, Asubstantially f as and for the purpose described.

.2. rThe combination of a swinging.l gate, horizontal shaft journaled in suitable bearings in rear of the. gate, vthe flexible connec-y tions reversely Wound .around theshaft and'f connected with the gate at `opposite o sides thereof, a vertical cam mounted on the shaft; tliesubstantially semicircnlar yoke encirclingv the cani and provided with la ArearWardly-ex-gl tending stem arranged in a suitable guide, .ai

latch-barmounted on the gate, .a handle-bar connectedwith the latch. and provided With a spring adapted to hold the latch normally extended, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a swinging gate, a horizontal shaft extending from the opposite rsides of the .'gate,- the slotted strap secured -to the gate by fastening devices arranged in the slot of the same, the flexible connections revcrsely Wound around the shaft and attached to the endsv of the strap, a verticallydisposed cam mounted on the shaft and located in rear of thel gate, a-vertical yoke encircling thecamy and arranged to be engaged bythe-saine,whereby it is moved rearward, and a latch mounted on the gate and connected with the fyoke,-s ubstantally as and for thel purpose described.

In: testimony .thatlf claim {the/'foregoing as niyfownl I havehereto-afli'xedniysi gnature in thepresencev of f two Witnesses.

AEVERE'FP CHANDLER.

Witnesses:

A. G. SPENCER, .W. VfGARTH. 

